caseload

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case·load | \ ˈkās-ˌlōd

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Definition of caseload

: the number of cases handled (as by a court or clinic) usually in a particular period

Examples of caseload in a Sentence

We have a heavy caseload today.

Recent Examples on the Web The court's five judges have the second highest caseload in the country, when weighted by complexity. — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, "Sen. Todd Young wants to add federal judges in Indiana, but 2020 election is a hang-up," 23 Dec. 2019 Detention centers are now dangerously overcrowded as overwhelmed immigration courts struggle to keep up with the caseload. — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, "Trump administration now wants asylum seekers to wait a full year before seeking work," 19 Nov. 2019 As the caseload has quintupled, much still remains unknown about the illness. — Lauren Weber, chicagotribune.com, "These health officials alerted the world to the alarming vaping illness," 2 Oct. 2019 East Cleveland’s municipal court has the smallest caseload. — Peter Krouse, cleveland, "South Euclid posts records of Judge Gayle Williams-Byers 20-plus trips since 2014," 1 Oct. 2019 Since 2017, the immigration-court caseload has spiked to more than 900,000 cases, and ICE has more than 50,000 migrants in custody each day, a record. — Anchorage Daily News, "Judge bars Trump fast-track deportation policy, saying threat to legal migrants was not assessed," 28 Sep. 2019 As the caseload has quintupled, much still remains unknown about the illness. — Lauren Weber, CNN, "The health officials who alerted the world to the alarming vaping illness," 25 Sep. 2019 By November 2017, the review board caseload was hopelessly backed up. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Jail deaths are routinely investigated, but public findings are hard to come by," 24 Sep. 2019 Her caseload has exploded, and with it her reputation. — Samantha Leach, Jessica Radloff, Glamour, "Inside Three Work Spaces Made for Women, by Women," 31 Oct. 2019

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“Caseload.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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